1950 Cincinnati Reds
Record: 53-109
Finish: 7th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 598
Runs Allowed: 868
Exp W-L: 54-108
 
Ballpark: Crosley Field
Attendance: 1,285,887
Manager: Freddy Wills

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 78-59, 3rd in the NL
AA: 60-77, 8th in the NL
A: 53-84, 8th in the NL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
CF *Cal Abrams 26 156 469 72 124 17 4 5 51 0 2 106 82 .264 .399 .350 .749 72.0 7.8 4.1
LF *Thurman Tucker 32 147 471 63 124 18 6 4 38 1 4 70 43 .263 .359 .352 .712 62.3 6.3 3.0
3B  George Archie 36 149 454 43 122 30 3 0 40 1 0 37 75 .269 .323 .348 .671 49.3 4.0 3.9
SS *Benny McCoy 34 136 409 47 105 12 3 9 54 1 0 55 40 .257 .344 .367 .711 53.0 5.0 4.5
C *Hal Peck 33 136 416 52 112 19 1 3 38 0 0 40 26 .269 .330 .341 .672 44.7 3.2 3.3
RF  Sam Chapman 34 145 366 39 85 12 2 11 61 0 1 61 92 .232 .340 .366 .706 48.1 4.1 1.9
C *Paul Gillespie 29 80 281 24 57 5 0 8 35 0 0 36 34 .203 .292 .306 .599 23.3 0.0 1.1
SS  Jerry Coleman 25 91 245 34 49 7 1 1 20 0 1 39 24 .200 .309 .249 .558 20.5 0.1 3.3
C #Ken Silvestri 34 91 219 18 39 8 0 4 21 0 1 25 38 .178 .270 .269 .540 14.0 0.0 1.9
1B *Max West 33 90 225 24 55 9 2 6 28 0 0 20 48 .244 .302 .382 .685 25.5 1.8 1.2
1B *Ray Sanders 33 55 195 32 63 14 1 5 23 0 0 40 19 .323 .439 .482 .921 39.9 5.9 0.5
3B *Ralph Hodgin 34 55 216 19 54 7 2 3 24 0 0 13 23 .250 .294 .343 .637 20.5 1.0 1.4
2B  Bill Sommers 27 83 199 16 31 7 1 1 15 1 1 25 34 .156 .249 .216 .465 10.7 0.0 2.4
CF *Gus Bell 21 51 206 29 63 17 5 5 29 0 1 15 19 .306 .351 .510 .861 33.7 4.6 1.3
CF  Felix Mackiewicz 32 88 189 24 48 6 1 4 21 0 0 23 24 .254 .333 .360 .693 21.3 1.5 0.8
1B  Ralph Lapointe 28 54 183 12 35 2 0 1 13 1 0 17 16 .191 .260 .219 .479 9.9 0.0 2.0
RF *Charlie Mead 29 62 136 10 34 4 1 1 12 0 0 6 13 .250 .280 .316 .596 10.7 0.1 1.2
2B *Babe Barna 35 65 105 16 20 3 0 3 13 0 0 15 26 .190 .289 .305 .594 10.4 0.3 1.2
C  Buddy Rosar 35 39 96 7 25 1 0 0 15 0 0 9 5 .260 .324 .271 .595 6.4 0.0 0.8
P #Ted Gray 25 40 93 3 14 3 0 0 7 0 0 2 24 .151 .177 .183 .360 1.7 0.0 0.0
P *Windy McCall 24 35 67 6 9 4 1 0 7 0 0 1 16 .134 .147 .224 .371 1.5 0.0 0.0
P *Willard Nixon 22 30 70 3 14 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 16 .200 .200 .214 .414 2.5 0.0 0.0
P *Cy Buker 31 20 31 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .129 .129 .161 .290 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Ralph Branca 24 13 29 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .069 .069 .069 .138 -1.4 0.0 0.0
P  Butch Wensloff 34 11 25 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 .160 .222 .160 .382 0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Klippstein 22 7 14 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .071 .133 .071 .205 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Whitey Ford 21 6 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .071 .071 .071 .143 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Hearn 29 46 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Poholsky 20 4 8 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .250 .375 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Harris 33 73 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .333 .200 .533 0.5 0.1 0.0
P  Fred Martin 35 50 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Vern Bickford 29 114 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5 0.2 0.0
P  Dan Bankhead 30 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Sal Maglie 33 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Wilson 28 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.4 2257 5457 598 1297 209 34 74 576 5 11 658 783 .238 .319 .329 .649 579.6 46.0 40.0
  Rank among 8 NL teams 6 8 8 8 4 7 8 8 4 5 8 8 7 8 8 7  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Ted Gray 25 7 18 .280 40 40 0 257.0 209 121 23 151 208 4.24 17.7
*Windy McCall 24 6 18 .250 35 35 0 218.0 217 123 24 106 93 5.08 9.4
 Willard Nixon 22 8 17 .320 30 30 0 204.7 216 105 12 87 80 4.62 13.0
 Vern Bickford 29 9 17 .346 114 0 4 126.0 132 74 15 87 42 5.29 7.1
 Cy Buker 31 3 7 .300 20 7 2 91.3 93 65 13 65 49 6.41 0.7
 Bob Harris 33 5 3 .625 73 2 5 91.0 108 51 9 29 42 5.04 6.7
 Ralph Branca 24 1 7 .125 13 13 0 85.3 83 49 11 44 39 5.17 2.6
 Butch Wensloff 34 1 4 .200 11 2 0 75.0 84 47 10 48 40 5.64 2.5
 Jim Hearn 29 3 3 .500 46 0 2 62.7 78 43 13 35 15 6.18 1.3
 Fred Martin 35 2 4 .333 50 0 2 62.0 70 36 6 31 12 5.23 3.4
*Whitey Ford 21 3 2 .600 6 6 0 46.3 51 24 7 23 24 4.66 2.8
 Johnny Klippstein 22 1 2 .333 7 7 0 42.7 39 18 2 36 20 3.80 3.4
 Tom Poholsky 20 1 2 .333 4 4 0 27.0 39 22 2 12 11 7.33 0.0
 Dan Bankhead 30 3 5 .375 24 0 6 26.3 25 20 5 21 20 6.84 1.2
 Sal Maglie 33 0 0 .000 8 0 0 13.0 11 6 2 8 6 4.15 1.0
 Jim Wilson 28 0 0 .000 3 0 0 6.0 7 4 1 5 0 6.00 0.2
Team Totals 27.5 53 109 .327 484 146 21 1434.3 1462 808 155 788 701 5.07 72.9
Rank among 8 NL teams 7 7 6 7 6 6 4 6 7 4 6  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 33.4
H.Peck 849.7 93 110 414 33 2 0 .996 25.0
K.Silvestri 393.3 48 48 216 18 3 2 .987 21.2
B.Rosar 190.3 21 25 104 9 0 0 1.000 58.3
P.Gillespie 161.3 17 19 88 5 1 0 .989 40.0
Team Total 1594.6 179 202 822 65 6 2 .993 28.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 12.04
P.Gillespie 474.5 51 55 607 54 7 69 .990 12.54
R.Sanders 370.5 28 34 446 34 3 46 .994 11.66
G.Archie 197.3 25 25 226 19 1 18 .996 11.17
S.Chapman 72.0 6 17 75 4 1 7 .988 9.88
B.McCoy 51.0 5 9 68 6 0 7 1.000 13.06
M.West 14.0 2 2 18 2 0 0 1.000 12.86
K.Silvestri 8.3 1 2 10 0 0 0 1.000 10.80
H.Peck 2.7 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 10.15
C.Mead 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1191.3 118 146 1454 119 12 147 .992 11.88
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 6.13
J.Coleman 567.7 66 70 147 266 8 63 .981 6.55
R.Lapointe 419.3 50 50 118 168 8 43 .973 6.14
B.Barna 208.7 25 31 68 76 1 20 .993 6.21
B.McCoy 111.7 11 19 27 50 1 9 .987 6.21
B.Sommers 62.0 5 16 13 35 0 12 1.000 6.97
G.Archie 36.3 3 8 9 12 0 4 1.000 5.20
C.Mead 28.7 2 7 12 10 1 4 .957 6.91
Team Total 1434.3 162 201 394 617 19 155 .982 6.34
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.95
B.Sommers 480.3 59 66 32 141 8 14 .956 3.24
R.Hodgin 467.7 47 51 34 117 9 10 .944 2.91
G.Archie 354.7 41 46 22 91 3 4 .974 2.87
K.Silvestri 71.7 5 20 8 17 1 5 .962 3.14
C.Mead 65.3 5 15 5 15 0 2 1.000 2.76
B.Barna 5.7 0 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.59
Team Total 1445.3 157 203 101 382 21 35 .958 3.01
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.56
B.McCoy 833.0 94 106 142 353 2 78 .996 5.35
G.Archie 493.7 60 64 78 226 9 50 .971 5.54
C.Mead 47.7 4 11 9 25 2 3 .944 6.42
J.Coleman 30.0 2 9 5 13 0 0 1.000 5.40
B.Barna 22.0 2 5 2 11 1 1 .929 5.32
R.Lapointe 4.7 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.86
F.Mackiewicz 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
R.Sanders 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1434.6 162 198 238 629 14 132 .984 5.44
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.96
T.Tucker 876.0 100 111 183 8 1 0 .995 1.96
F.Mackiewicz 181.0 23 24 23 1 1 0 .960 1.19
C.Mead 124.0 16 18 25 2 0 0 1.000 1.96
M.West 104.0 12 15 23 0 2 0 .920 1.99
S.Chapman 74.7 7 16 16 0 2 0 .889 1.93
C.Abrams 48.7 2 16 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.92
B.Barna 16.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
H.Peck 7.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
R.Hodgin 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1432.6 162 206 278 11 6 0 .980 1.82
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.51
C.Abrams 1027.3 113 121 288 10 2 3 .993 2.61
F.Mackiewicz 191.0 25 25 43 1 0 1 1.000 2.07
T.Tucker 122.7 15 18 34 1 0 0 1.000 2.57
M.West 32.3 3 8 7 0 1 0 .875 1.95
C.Mead 28.0 3 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
S.Chapman 26.0 3 3 12 0 0 0 1.000 4.15
B.Barna 4.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Sommers 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1434.3 162 181 394 12 3 4 .993 2.55
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.07
S.Chapman 607.0 68 76 124 3 1 0 .992 1.88
G.Bell 405.0 48 49 100 3 2 1 .981 2.29
M.West 332.3 40 44 78 0 3 0 .963 2.11
R.Sanders 54.1 4 5 10 1 1 0 .917 1.83
C.Abrams 30.3 2 6 6 0 1 0 .857 1.78
C.Mead 17.0 2 3 8 1 0 0 1.000 4.76
F.Mackiewicz 16.3 1 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.20
T.Tucker 16.0 1 6 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Barna 5.3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
H.Peck 2.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Hodgin 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1485.8 166 200 334 9 8 1 .977 2.08
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.37
T.Gray 257.0 40 40 16 51 1 4 .985 2.35
W.McCall 218.0 35 35 13 39 0 2 1.000 2.15
W.Nixon 204.7 30 30 14 40 1 1 .982 2.37
V.Bickford 126.0 0 114 6 26 0 2 1.000 2.29
C.Buker 91.3 7 20 7 27 0 2 1.000 3.35
B.Harris 91.0 2 73 5 19 0 2 1.000 2.37
R.Branca 85.3 13 13 6 19 0 1 1.000 2.64
B.Wensloff 75.0 2 11 4 16 2 2 .909 2.40
J.Hearn 62.7 0 46 5 9 0 3 1.000 2.01
F.Martin 62.0 0 50 3 10 0 2 1.000 1.89
W.Ford 46.3 6 6 0 12 0 1 1.000 2.33
J.Klippstein 42.7 7 7 2 11 0 0 1.000 2.74
T.Poholsky 27.0 4 4 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.33
D.Bankhead 26.3 0 24 1 6 1 0 .875 2.39
S.Maglie 13.0 0 8 1 3 0 1 1.000 2.77
J.Wilson 6.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50
Team Total 1434.3 146 484 84 295 5 23 .987 2.38
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Archie .266
On-Base Pct Abrams .399
Slugging Pct Tucker .352
OPS Abrams .749
XR Abrams 72.0
Games Abrams 156
At-Bats Tucker 471
Runs Abrams 72
Hits Abrams, Tucker 124
Total Bases Tucker 166
Singles Abrams 98
Doubles Archie 30
Triples Tucker 6
Homeruns Chapman 11
RBIs Chapman 61
Stolen Bases Archie, Lapointe, McCoy, Sommers, Tucker 1
Caught Stealing Tucker 4
Walks Abrams 106
Strikeouts Chapman 92
ERA Gray 4.24
Wins Bickford 9
Losses Gray, McCall 18
Winning Pct Bickford .346
Saves Bankhead 6
Games Pitched Bickford 114
Games Started Gray 40
Complete Games McCall 3
Shutouts Nixon 2
Innings Pitched Gray 257.0
Hits Allowed McCall 217
Homeruns Allowed McCall 24
Strikeouts Gray 208
Walks Allowed Gray 151
Walks per 9IP Nixon 3.8
Hits per 9IP Gray 7.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Gray 7.3
WHiP Gray 1.40
OAVG Gray .224
OOBP Gray .330
OSLG Gray .360
OOPS Gray .691
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Butch Wensloff $ 4,000,000
Ralph Hodgin $ 3,400,000
Sam Chapman $ 2,250,000
Ray Sanders $ 2,250,000
Bob Harris $ 2,135,714
Max West $ 369,238
Felix Mackiewicz $ 350,000
Jim Hearn $ 300,000
Ted Gray $ 300,000
Whitey Ford $ 300,000
Jerry Coleman $ 300,000
Johnny Klippstein $ 300,000
Gus Bell $ 300,000
Babe Barna $ 300,000
Dan Bankhead $ 300,000
George Archie $ 300,000
Vern Bickford $ 300,000
Cal Abrams $ 300,000
Sal Maglie $ 300,000
Jim Wilson $ 300,000
Windy McCall $ 300,000
Benny McCoy $ 300,000
Charlie Mead $ 300,000
Willard Nixon $ 300,000
Hal Peck $ 300,000
Tom Poholsky $ 300,000
Buddy Rosar $ 300,000
Ken Silvestri $ 300,000
Bill Sommers $ 300,000
Thurman Tucker $ 300,000
Ralph Lapointe $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded Vern Stephens
$3,000,000
Seattle Willard Nixon
3/3 Traded Wally Westlake
Buddy Kerr
San Diego Sandy Ullrich
4/2 Signed     Benny Mccoy
4/2 Signed     George Archie
4/2 Signed     Charlie Mead
4/2 Signed     Buddy Rosar
4/2 Signed     Ken Silvestri
7/1 Traded Paul Gillespie Montreal Tom Poholsky
7/31 Traded Sandy Ullrich Pittsburgh Ralph Hodgin
Dan Bankhead
7/31 Traded $5,840,442
Cy Buker
Ralph Branca
Fred Martin
New York (N) Ray Sanders
Butch Wensloff
Ralph Lapointe
Sal Maglie
9/1 Signed     Jim Wilson